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SIBILANT
Definition of SIBILANT
adjective
Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
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Where it comes from
From Latin sībilāns, present active participle of sībilō (“to hiss”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SIBILANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 127 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SIBILANT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABIILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SIBILA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SIBILANT?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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